Test Scores

District says it made “horrific mistake” by singling out Black students in low test-score presentation

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Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

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Rockwood School District

Judge approves $9.25M settlement in case of hundreds of laid-off Black educators

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Pandemic wiped out 20 years of progress in U.S. pupil test scores, stats show

Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study.
/ September 2, 2022
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Ex-superintendent indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal

NBC News – A grand jury indicted a former superintendent and more than 30 other educators Friday in one of the nation’s largest cheating scandals that rocked Atlanta’s public schools.
/ April 1, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

'Alarming' new test-score gap discovered in Seattle schools

African-American students whose primary language is English perform significantly worse in math…
/ December 19, 2011

Ex-Atlanta superintendent: 'I can't make you cheat'

VIDEO – In her first TV interview, Hall tells NBC’s Harry Smith on ‘Rock Center’, that although she accepts responsibility for lack of anticipation, the decisions to forge test scores fall solely on the individual teachers…
/ November 29, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ex-Atlanta superintendent denies knowledge of cheating

ATLANTA – Beverly Hall, former Atlanta superintendent of public schools, denies she knew about any cheating problems in her schools…
/ July 14, 2011
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Proficiency of black students found to be far lower than expected

Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys…
/ November 9, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Mass. black public school students top peers on SAT

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) – Massachusetts education officials say the state’s black public high school students are outperforming their SAT-taking peers nationwide…
/ September 13, 2010